We’re halfway through the Pokerstars.com EPT Prague event and the starting field of 584 players has been whittled down to just 95 as we close in on the prize positions.
It was a day of ups and downs for many of the big names involved – Jeff Sarwer started off on the wrong foot and saw his stack dwindle but halfway through the day he was back amongst the chipleaders. The tide turned once again for Sarwer after a failed 3 barrel bluff and a few showdowns later he was destined to join the spectators. This exit was to be Sarwers earliest elimination and first non-cash in his last 3 events.
A few Team PokerStars pros were performing well but for the most part it was proving to be a frustrating day for a great deal of the ‘ones to watch’. Katja Thater, Thierry van den Berg, Marcel Luske and Alexander Kravchenko all seemed to be struggling to pick up any cards. Bertrand “ElkY” Grospellier started the day in a promising manner, but as the day wore his momentum was eventually broken and he bust out against pocket aces.
Those who did have a good day included Luca Pagano, who managed to have added to his stack after each break. Arnaud Mattern spent much of the day looking card dead but kept a cool head and managed to double up late in the day. Antony Lellouche has also been gathering chips nicely in the mid stage of this tournament.
Pieter de Korver rode a late surge into the top five on the scoreboard, but he couldn’t quite get himself into first place. The current chipleader is Yann Brosolo with his stack of 574,000
